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Euthlastus

Euthlastus is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic mammal from the Morrison Formation. Present in stratigraphic zones 5 and 6. It is represented by only five upper molars.

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Euthlastus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Dryolestida
Family: †Paurodontidae
Genus: †Euthlastus
Simpson, 1929
Species:
†E. cordiformis
Binomial name
†Euthlastus cordiformis
Simpson, 1929

Euthlastus is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian - Tithonian) mammal from the Morrison Formation. Present in stratigraphic zones 5 and 6.1 It is represented by only five upper molars.2

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References

  1. Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
  2. G. G. Simpson. 1927. Mesozoic Mammalia. VI. Genera of Morrison pantotheres. American Journal of Science 13:409-416.
  • Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp.